The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-09-03
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forrest; there %hs but one subject cbout which
sho FEY anxiety.
why and In trying to breal, the news he
put il ms buntly as possible, "it seems that
henry was not buriei here"
For the time she thought he merely referred
to the part Of the cemetery where they were.
Her lips were just parting to reveal her
thoughts when he went on: ale was not
buried in this cemetery at all; In fact, my
dear, we've come TO the wrong place"
"Where was It thenp and this time the
dreamincss OF tone seemed gone.
@Oh, he said, NJ don't quite know; indeed
there has been an entire mistake, AMI w
must try and Ind out"
What moro hs might have said was staid
when he'saw ths'i0Ok Of despair that spread
over the young girls countenance Id bur.
ried her away, called . cab, and drove of
once more 10 the station. Now bin only wish
WAS 70 get her home In safety. His anxiety
va not without ground, for even bsfors they
reached the north she sank into half uncon-
seious condition, and when they got her to
hcr room II was only too evident that The e.
element Of the psst days bad induced -
we're attack Of brain fever. Of course she
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get the mystery solved a. soon a. possible,
went to his brother, who lived In the same
town, and asked him to go up to London and
make inquiries In his stead.
The next few days were chiefly marked by
tho increase Of anxiety and the absence of
news. Only one letter had been received,
and that letter intimated that nothing had
yet been discovered Of the smallest import.
ancc. Meantime everything betokened Sc
verify in the illness that had overtaken Olive
There was little hope Of her recovery, thought
the doctor, rs lie stood by her bedside that
very evening after the receipt Of this note;
yet even lie did not know how near to her
was an end Of the weary series Of disappoint-
ments and trials that had been crowded into
so brief time. AS he turned to quit the
room he heard her murmur the name
"Henry," and when he glanced round in
haste he spied the new stiffness that had come
over her face. She had died with the name
Of her lover on her lips.
BY his plate on the morrow he found a
fresh dispatch from his brother AS he
opened the envelope to take out the letter an
inclosed slip of paper fluttered TO his feet. He
did not stay to pick it up, but began reading
at once:
THE CLARENCE, Wednesday.
"MY DEAR DOUGLAS: Please read this let
ter when you are by yourself, rs the news
which it contains is, am sorry to say, any
thing but pleasing. When l wrote to you
this morning had not made up my mind as
to the course of action for the day, but the
letter was hardly posted when determined
to go to the newspaper Office and see il could
get any clew as to the place from which the
advertisement of Mr.. Brinton's death had
been sent. Accordingly l went in. They
were very polite when told them the reason
OF my errand, and the manager Of the depart
nlent came to me at once. He sent for the
original of the advertisement, which came
through their country agent Now must
ask you to take heed to yourself, for here
comes the terrible revelation: The announce
ment Of death was written IN Olives hand
writing OF this have no doubt whatever.
On further inquiry we found that il had been
paid for by II postal order drawn at your own
postoilice-a fact impressed on the mind OF
the clerk who opened the note because he had
lived not far from there when a child. fear
the whole thing was all illusion
Enclosed is the original OF the announce
ment. Your aifectionate brother,
"E. A. CAMPBELL"
He read the letter twice over for lie scarce
ly caught its purport in the first per,sal,
then stopped and read through the paper
that had fallen to the ground. The news was
only too true. For a moment he sat quiet !;
then, and not till then, did il strike him that
Olive, and Olive only, had taken In the
foreign letters from the postman -Cornhil
Magazine.